A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport this morning after an engine blew out mid flight. Southwest Flight 1380 left LaGuardia Airport in New York City and was headed for Dallas. Photos from passengers showed significant damage inside the cabin including windows blown out, oxygen masks deployed, and the cover blown off one of the engines. Emergency vehicles and firefighters met the plane on the tarmac. The Boeing 737 jet was carrying... Read More

A Starbucks spokeswoman confirms that manager of Rittenhouse Square location who called police last week no longer works at the store. Protests continued today outside the coffee shop at 18th and Spruce in Center City Philadelphia. Demonstrators from various groups were waiting for the store to open at 7 a.m. and went inside. The location ultimately closed for the day. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is in Philadelphia and plans to meet with the two men who were arrested to apologize to them... Read More

The Philadelphia Folksong Society has released the initial lineup for this year's 57th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. As always, the fest will be held on the Old Pool Farm, in Upper Salford Township near Schwenksville, PA, on August 16-19. Notable acts include Patty Griffin, David Bromberg Quintet, and Riders in the Sky on Friday; Valerie June, Chris Smither, Eileen Ivers, and Balsam Range on Saturday; Wynonna & The Big Noise, Shovels & Rope, and Jeff Daniels and the Ben Daniels Band on... Read More

Demonstrators and protestors rallied at the Starbucks store in Rittenhouse Square at the center of racial tensions on Sunday afternoon following the arrest of two black men last week accused of trespassing while waiting for a friend to arrive (watch video of the protest below). The store is located on 18th and Spruce Streets in Center City. Protestors from various groups had signs and demanded the firings of the Starbucks manager who called police and the officers who made the arrests.... Read More

Two black men were arrested on Thursday at a Starbucks in Center City while they were waiting for a friend to arrive. The incident happened at the coffee shop at 18th and Spruce in Rittenhouse Square around 4:30 in the afternoon. The two men were sitting in the lobby of the store and had not yet ordered anything. Part of the incident was caught on video (see below). You can see their friend arrive just as they were being led off in handcuffs and asking police what did they do. Other... Read More

President Donald Trump addressed the nation tonight to announce "precision strikes" in Syria in response to a chemical weapon attack on civilians last weekend. "A short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad," Trump said. It is a joint operation with both France and the United Kingdom. All three countries independently confirmed that Syria's attack last... Read More

A partially decomposed body was found wrapped in a tarp in a parking lot in Fairmount Park on Friday morning. A employee of the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department was emptying trash cans in the parking lot near Martin Luther Kind Dr and Black Road at around 8 a.m. when he noticed the tarp. Shawn Deloach said that he went to move the carefully wrapped tarp but it was too heavy. Once he noticed the smell and the maggots he called police. The body was badly decomposed and... Read More

Two former SEPTA police officers turned themselves in today after being accused of assaulting a man last December. 29-year-old David Simcox has been charged with Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person and Filing False Reports. 29-year-old Johnathan Lanciano has been charged with Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Filing False Reports and Harassment. It happened at the Frankford Transportation Center around 12:30 a.m. on December 12,... Read More

Fire broke out at the former Inquirer building for the second day in a row. It started on the 400 block of North Broad Street near Callowhill around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Black smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the building which once housed the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. Area roads were closed as firefighters brought the fire under control by 8:40 a.m. There has been ongoing construction in the building. Philadelphia Media Network sold the building in 2011. The... Read More

DOVER, DE (April 11, 2018) - Firefly Music Festival, the east coast's largest music and camping festival, announced their daily lineups today. The daily lineups, sorted alphabetically by day, are listed below. Firefly Music Festival returns to The Woodlands for the seventh year June 14 - 17, 2018. Along with headliners Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, and The Killers, the lineup also features ODESZA, Lil Wayne, Logic, Martin Garrix, SZA, alt-J, Portugal. The Man, Foster the People, MGMT,... Read More

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